John Licata, chief commodity strategist of Blue Phoenix talks to BNN about his outlook for uranium. Click here to watch video.

Today marked a significant turning point in the balance of power throughout the world.  Complete with Russian expertise and technology, the Bushehr nuclear power plant is scheduled to go online August 21st, 2010.  Despite all the rhetoric, this game-changing day will be studied many years from now as the day the west either folded or stood up to this dangerous rogue regime. Read more.

Subscribers be sure to check our “Recent Editions” Archive for past editions to The Commodity Chronicles

John Licata, Chief Commodity Strategist for Blue Phoenix, discusses key points of the refinery space and the best ways to play the sector. Click here to access Blue Phoenix’s  exclusive video content for Reuters Insider.

The price of uranium is about to get ‘energized’, believes John Licata, chief  commodity strategist at Blue Phoenix. He tells CNBC’s Karen Tso, Sri Jegarajah & Martin Soong how investors can cash in on this.

Russia saying it will load fuel into Iran’s first nuclear power plant on August 21st has escalated our concerns that any new tensions between the Kremlin and the White House may cause Russia to consider exporting more of its uranium to China and India rather than the U.S. since they may be able to get more lucrative offers. The move by the Russians has also raised our eyebrows considering the U.S. had asked them to hold off starting the plant until Iran has stopped enriching uranium. This news, coupled with reasons we will outline below has us thinking the price of uranium is about to get “energized”. Read more

The faltering global economic recovery will send gold prices higher, with the precious metal reaching $1,375 an ounce, says commodities expert John Licata. The Federal Reserve’s decision to expand its quantitative easing through bond purchases confirms his view, Licata, chief commodity strategist at Blue Phoenix, an energy and metals research and consulting firm, told Newsmax.TV Money. There are a lot of catalysts to push natural gas higher, Licata says. “If we start moving more toward a natural-gas movement in automobiles, I think this is something that could be the most compelling story in energy.”